I’m back to reading “Technically wrong” by Sara Wachter-Boettcher and even if it uses examples from Facebook, Twitter and Reddit, I’ll be damned if it’s not extremely relevant to the Fediverse as a whole.

Excerpt from the book:

That’s the problem with the platforms we rely on today. It’s not just that these companies lack diverse staff (though they certainly do). It’s that the founders believe so deeply in their own vision - and have been rewarded for it for so long - that they don’t realize how narrow that vision is, and how many humans it could harm. They don’t realize they need people around them with different perspectives, because they’ve never considered the limitations of their own perspectives in the first place. After all, in a world where machines can fix everything, it doesn’t matter what you break. If you’re blind to the consequences, good intentions seem good enough. And the rest of us pay the price.

#askingforhelp#blogHi, in 2019, what technical solution would you recommend to implement a small blog, with comments? (found a lot of articles and solution, now I'm looking for help to choose and specific issues with them)

Hi everyone, my name is Akira, I'm a really young app with big dreams and a few more months before starting to walk alone.I'm extremely excited to be here and I'm looking forward to working with you every day and design awesome stuff!

PSA for schools: Google is not your friend. Google does not want to help you learn. Google collects data on your students and they have no option to opt-out. You sign contracts on their behalf that sign their data away to massive companies who have no accountability. Attending public school is not a choice, and you should not force students to use spyware without their explicit consent. You should not base entire classes on proprietary spyware.

Marie-Cécile Godwin Paccard's choices:

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